Following the directives issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Director General of Police (DGP) constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which has started it’s investigation on the allegations labeled on the Vice-chancellor, Rani Durgavati University (RDU) by a woman officer posted at the university. The SIT comprised of Senior IPS officers, has already started interrogating all the witnesses concerned at the Registrar office. The SIT members arrived in the city on Monday only. The team comprised of 02 Senior women officers as the DGP Office didn’t want to display any carelessness in the issue and has involved the strict officers to investigation. To maintain secrecy, the SIT team members have opted to stay outside the university campus.

 

It may be mentioned that a woman employee associated with RDU, complained at Raj Bhavan, Higher Education Department and other authorities accusing the University Vice-chancellor of committing mis-conduct. The employee alleged that the Vice-chancellor made obscene gestures during a meeting called at VC chamber on November 21, 2024. This act was captured at the CCTV cameras installed in the chamber. The woman employee demanded the university administration to hand her over the CCTV footage mentioning it an important evidence. But when the administration did not respond to her request, she filed a petition at the MP High Court demanding an impartial investigation on the incident. During hearing in the High Court, it was observed that the two separate committees constituted for investigation were somehow came under pressure. Raising questions on the inquiry report of both the committees, the Court instructed the DGP to conduct transparent inquiry by constituting an SIT. The SIT has to submit it’s report till June 16.